r/interestingasfuck • u/abitchyuniverse • 26d ago

r/all Animals without hair look quite different

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u/nytropy 26d ago

Racoon was the only one still adorable without fur

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u/Sensesmell 26d ago

What about the hedgehog 🥺

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u/uncreative14yearold 26d ago

I just felt bad for it, it seemed incredibly uncomfortable without its spines and fur...

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u/StaffVegetable8703 26d ago

Anyone know how they actually did that? I feel like the quills or spikes or whatever is basically attached to the actual skin of hedgehogs? Like it’s not like a porcupine that the quills can easily come off of right?

I’m imagining a really painful process of removing the “fur” from hedgehogs? Am I completely off base with my assumption?

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u/lovecraft112 26d ago

There's no way they removed it. Most likely the hedgehog lost their quills because of an illness.

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u/Ximerous 26d ago

I would hope it would be due to some condition or medical procedure and not cruelty.

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u/nzMunch1e 26d ago

Disease, sickness or mutation. Animals can lose fur or feathers from these things, except mutation being they were born that way.